MarBelle

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Die Antwoord: I Fink U Freeky

By MarBelle ⋅ February 2, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Ninja and Roger Ballen share directorial duties for I Fink U Freeky, the second track to drop from Die Antwoord’s forthcoming album Ten$Ion.

Any Day Now – Matt Jay

By MarBelle ⋅ February 2, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Any Day Now (2011) Twenty-three year old small town beauty Sam has just arrived in New York. Pulling her there, are hardly fleshed out hopes of a modeling career. Following her there, is a long standing relationship with a married politician, that may or may not have a place in the next phase of her [...]

BFI Future Film Festival Trailer 2012

By MarBelle ⋅ February 2, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Leo Bridge, who joined us last year (along with Ben Thomas) with the stunning paper craft, mixed media short Train of Thought, has cooked up a rather hands on (sorry, I couldn’t resist) promo for this month’s Future Film Festival taking place at London’s BFI Southbank. “The festival is for young film makers, aged 16-25, [...]

DN Picks: Jan12

By MarBelle ⋅ February 1, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

January 2012 is obviously the month of weirdness – featuring a maverick panda wandering an apocalyptic landscape, Bird Benny strutting a penis-shaped plumage and a stupid hoe. Then, just when you thought every form of Star Wars parody had been covered, another two come along in the space of a couple weeks; first the epic [...]

Back to the Start

By MarBelle ⋅ February 1, 2012 ⋅ One comment

Johnny Kelly’s Nexus spot for Chipotle sees a simple farm lose its way by succumbing to the evils of industrialisation. Luckily, the farmer recants and shifts to a sustainable, and much happier, means of production. Back to the Start from Visually Pithy on Vimeo. And here’s the making of:

Brad In A Bottle

By MarBelle ⋅ January 31, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Nicholas Clifford’s Brad in a Bottle sees its hydrophobic lead sleepwalk through his lonely and ironic existence as a water salesman, until a chance encounter with a mysterious woman gives him a sleep to remember. Brad In A Bottle from Truce Films on Vimeo.>

Digitals

By MarBelle ⋅ January 31, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Chris Crutchfield creates the score that powers our digital lives in his humorous short Digitals. One day I got an email, an sms, a phone call, a Facebook message and two tweets all within about 5 seconds of one another. This video is a re-manifestation of my brain’s interpretation of that event. #trustory Digitals from [...]

Nicki Minaj: Stupid Hoe

By MarBelle ⋅ January 30, 2012 ⋅ One comment

Hype Williams busts out the epileptic editing for Nicki Minaj’s Stupid Hoe. Stupid Hoe from Hadaya Turner on Vimeo.

th0r

By MarBelle ⋅ January 28, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

A man is transfixingly disintegrated to the sounds of Luca Rinaudo in Antonio Cusimano’s experimental piece th0r. th0r from 3112htm on Vimeo.

Aesop: Kingdom of Frogs

By MarBelle ⋅ January 28, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Based on Aesop’s fable the Frog’s that Desired a King, Jesse Ewles has combined his unique stop motion style with the Dean Tzenos’ music for his take on the tale of the dissatisfied masses ruled by the kings they deserve, if not want. Aesop: Kingdom of Frogs from Jesse Ewles on Vimeo.